Best Selling Books by Linda Beech

Includes materials to facilitate reading comprehension of "The Summer of the Swans," including summary, discussion questions, and cross-curricular activities.

In each book, 40 high-interest passages are paired with graphic organizers to help all kids easily learn how to find the main idea, understand cause and effect, compare and contrast, sequence events, and more. The ready-to-use Notebook files on CD contain companion activities that make it easy to model these essential reading comprehension skills on your SMART Board. Following your lead, students can draw, move, highlight, and underline key text right on the board. Teacher-tested activities Instantly engage students with interactive lessons Great for struggling readers Improve automaticity Boost reading comprehension

Forty short, nonfiction passages, with companion comprehension questions, that target critical reading skills and give students the repeated practice they need!

Five booklets representing reading levels (B-F) contain fiction and non-fiction practice readings, topic-related games, and answer keys.

An exploration of the book through chapter summaries, discussion questions, vocabulary builders and cross-curricular activities.